Tassattho nevāhaṃ nāgarāja adiṭṭhapubbaṃ nāgabhavanaṃ disvā bhīto na maraṇabhayatajjito mādisassa hi maraṇabhayaṃ nāma natthi vajjho pana janena vadhitabbo puggalo attānaṃ vadhakaṃ janaṃ abhivādetuṃ vajjhaṃ vadhakopi abhivādetuṃ na labhati yaṃ hi naro hantumiccheyya taṃ kathaṃ nu abhivādeyya kathaṃ vā tena attānaṃ abhivādāpayetha ve tassa hi taṃ kammaṃ na upapajjati tvañca kira maṃ māretuṃ idha āṇāpesi kathaṃ ahaṃ taṃ vandāmīti.

Taṃ sutvā nāgarājā tuṭṭho mahāsattassa thutiṃ karonto dve Gāthā abhāsi

evametaṃ yathā brūsi saccaṃ bhāsasi paṇḍita

na vajjho abhivādeyya vajjhaṃ vā nābhivādaye